All business students need to know the same things! The non-culture-specific nature of communication needs

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-189

  Goby, Valerie Priscilla ^a,b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Institute of Linguists   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 22644448829     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651999013002003     Document Type: Article

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